Chaiten ,Chile Evacuates as Volcano Ash Reaches Buenos Aires
May 7 (Bloomberg) -- More than 4,000 people living at the foot of a Chilean volcano in Patagonia were evacuated as the mountain erupted in a plume of dust and gas that stretched almost 800 miles to Argentina.
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Ariel Dorfman keeps 'A Promise to the Dead'
"A Promise to the Dead" is an emotional journey through the volatile landscape of a country torn apart by political ideologies, as seen through the eyes of a man whose own experience was at the heart of Chile's bloody political power struggle in the 1970s.
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Chile Snowing in the Central Valley
The world this year has suffered record-breaking weather extremes in almost every continent, the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation has warned, with global land temperatures reaching their highest levels since records began in 1800
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Under arrest in Chile, Fujimori in Japan poll fray
TOKYO: Among the candidates running for seats in Japan's parliament this weekend is the former president of another country who is under house arrest on the other side of the world.
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Peru prez's website hacked with pro-Chile slogan
LIMA: A hacker has repeatedly sabotaged the Peruvian president's official website, replacing the picture of President Alan Garcia with that of the father of Chilean independence, officials said on Wednesday.
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Chile's LAN Airlines reports US$128M half-year profit
SANTIAGO, Chile: Chile's dominant carrier LAN Airlines SA posted a net profit of US$129 million (€93.9 million) during the first half of the year, the company said Wednesday.
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Chile to Boost School Spending to End Student Strike
June 2 (Bloomberg) -- Chile's government, seeking to end a strike by more than 800,000 high school students, agreed to use some of the revenue from record copper prices to boost spending on schools.
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Bus plunges off bridge in Chile
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- A bus fell off a bridge and into a river south of the capital of Santiago early Wednesday, killing 24 people -- including two children -- and injuring 24, authorities reported.
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Chile Struck by Magnitude 6.4 Earthquake, USGS Says
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Chile was struck by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, which was followed by aftershocks that rattled coastal areas in the north of the country, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no reports of casualties or damage.
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'Chile: Mapuche People 48th day of Hunger Strike'
Three Mapuche men and one Mapuche woman are now on their 48th day of a hunger strike. Today they have decided to go without fluids. They will die in the next couple of days if their demand is not met. They demand justice
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Tourist bus crash in Chile kills 11, most believed Americans
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A bus carrying cruise ship tourists tumbled down a mountain ravine in northern Chile Wednesday, killing 11 people, including some believed to be U.S. citizens, officials said.
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3 Chileans trapped in Antarctic crevasse
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- Rescue crews -- battling freezing temperatures and steady snowfall -- searched Thursday for three Chilean military officers trapped in a snow vehicle inside a 40-meter (131-feet) Antarctic crevasse
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Desert Pathfinder At Work: Sub-millimetre APEX Telescope Inaugurated At Chajnantor
The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) project celebrates the inauguration of its outstanding 12-m telescope, located on the 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Atacama Desert (Chile). The APEX telescope, designed to work at sub-millimetre wavelengths, in the 0.2 to 1.5 mm range, passed successfully its Science Verification phase in July, and since then is performing regular science observations. This new front-line facility provides access to the "Cold Universe" with unprecedented sensitivity and image quality.
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Experts Analyze Changes in Chile's Population and Future Consequences
Chile today has about 16.3 million inhabitants. The pace of population growth and its composition by age group is undergoing significant changes, which will affect the labour market, public health care and education, among other sectors.
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Placer plans $1-billion project
VANCOUVER — Placer Dome Inc. will go ahead with the development of its Pueblo Viejo gold project in the Dominican Republic but has decided not to continue with the Cerro Casale project in Chile.
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CHILE’S LAGOS IS THE MOST RESPECTED LEADER IN THE AMERICAS
Sept. 26, 2005) A poll of Latin American leaders in six countries found that Chilean president Ricardo Lagos is the most admired leader in the region, followed by Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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Bachelet Keeps Large Lead in Chile’s Election
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – Former defence minister Michelle Bachelet is still the frontrunner in Chile’s presidential election, according to a poll by Centro de Estudios Públicos. 45 per cent of respondents would support the Socialist Party (PS) candidate in this year’s ballot.
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Chile tries to kick teen smoking habit with new law
VALPARAISO, Chile, Sept 6 (Reuters) - A corner of Nueva York and Moneda streets in downtown Santiago fills up every morning with young teen-agers in school uniforms smoking cigarettes.
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Indian girls leave for Chile with confidence
THE GIRLS were brimming with confidence, though they were a confused lot when asked about the team. Having made it to the junior World Cup for the first time,they had their hopes high on the eve of the departure to Santiago, Chile.
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